Is there any version of the modernization that King Charles is planning on doing or already doing that seems to be working other than shrinking the size of their footprint? I only know what he's announced, so he's announced that he's going to shrink the family. But I do think and this is this is something I've been thinking about a lot lately because I work on slavery. All of these issues, whether we're talking about slavery, racism, colonialism, climate change, they all now become part of the culture wars. So it's become increasingly difficult for him to say anything without alienating somebody.
King Charles is struggling to get his subjects to care about the historic coronation this weekend. Professor Brooke Newman explains the complicated road to ditching the monarchy.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Serena Solin, Laura Bullard and Matt Collette, engineered by Michael Raphael and Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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